squirrelmail
I'm trying to setup squirrelmail with sarge and I have problem about it. Well, I have installed squirrelmail, then configured squirrelmail, copied apache.conf to /etc/apache2/conf.d directory and reloaded apache. But I have got this message. # /etc/squirrelmail/conf.pl # cp /etc/squirrelmail/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf.d/ # /etc/init.d/apache2 reload Reloading web server config...Syntax error on line 5 of /etc/apache2/conf.d/apache.conf: Invalid command 'php_flag', perhaps mis-spelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration I don't know how to fix it. Do you have any idea? /etc/apache2/apache2.conf DirectoryIndex index.html index.cgi index.pl index.php index.xhtml AddType application/x-httpd-php .php AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps /etc/apache2/conf.d/apache.conf Alias /squirrelmail /usr/share/squirrelmail php_flag register_globals on Options Indexes FollowSymLinks % dpkg -l | egrep 'apache|php|squirrelmail|courier' ii apache-common 1.3.27.0-2 Support files for all Apache webservers ii apache2-common 2.0.46-2 Next generation, scalable, extendable web se ii apache2-mpm-pr 2.0.46-2 Traditional model for Apache2 ii courier-authda 0.39.1-1 Courier Mail Server authentication daemon ii courier-base 0.39.1-1 Courier Mail Server Base System ii courier-imap 1.5.1-1IMAP daemon with PAM and Maildir support ii libapache-htpa 1.5.5-1Manage Unix crypt-style password file. ii php4 4.1.2-6A server-side, HTML-embedded scripting langu ii php4-cgi 4.1.2-6A server-side, HTML-embedded scripting langu ii php4-pear 4.1.2-6PEAR - PHP Extension and Application Reposit ii squirrelmail 1.4.0-1Webmail for nuts --------- Susumu Takuwa -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re:
>>>>> On Sun, 11 Feb 2001 17:35:02 -0700 (MST) Jason Gunthorpe writes: JG> All we need is the *full headers* from the message. Our server uses VERP, JG> the address he is subscribed with is sent to him in the envelope sender. like this, --- Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: (qmail 3246 invoked from network); 13 Feb 2001 08:54:33 +0900 Received: from unknown (HELO mu.mailmagic.org) (61.122.42.30) by listbank.ne.jp with SMTP; 13 Feb 2001 08:54:33 +0900 Received: (qmail 6413 invoked by uid 21851); 12 Feb 2001 23:54:33 - Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: (qmail 6399 invoked by alias); 12 Feb 2001 23:54:31 - Received: from murphy.debian.org (216.234.231.6) by 61.122.42.30 with SMTP; 12 Feb 2001 23:54:31 - Received: (qmail 14028 invoked by uid 38); 12 Feb 2001 23:53:48 - X-Envelope-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: (qmail 13952 invoked from network); 12 Feb 2001 23:53:47 - Received: from thorin.cmc.net (206.102.31.253) by murphy.debian.org with SMTP; 12 Feb 2001 23:53:47 - Received: by thorin.cmc.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6B05EC4; Mon, 12 Feb 2001 15:53:46 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 15:53:46 -0800 From: brian moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" Subject: Re: XFree86 4.0.2 and Matrox G400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mail-Followup-To: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.12i In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; from [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 11:39:11PM + X-Uptime: 3:47pmup 84 days, 4:55, 4 users,load average: 1.22, 1.35, 1.18 X-Moon: The Moon is Waning Gibbous (75% of Full) X-Fingerprint: 9934 9836 64C9 2B72 C4E7 A1A1 377F CE24 8832 2B51 X-GPG: 1024D/88322B51 at http://www.cmc.net/~bem/bem.asc X-Vile: yes X-11: R6.3 X-10: yes Resent-Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/132676 X-Loop: debian-user@lists.debian.org Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Status: U X-UIDL: 982022073.3250.st63.arena.ne.jp ------- Mail Magic is e-mail forwarding service in Japan Susumu Takuwa
Re:
>>>>> On Tue, 13 Feb 2001 18:14:04 -0700 (MST) Jason Gunthorpe writes: JG> > like this, JG> JG> This address is no longer subcribed. Thank you for your job. Following message is for unix,inc([EMAIL PROTECTED]). 管理者さんに対処して頂いたので、もう大丈夫だと思います。 Susumu Takuwa
Re: FTP problems
>>>>> On Thu, 15 Feb 2001 13:40:17 -0700 Yobb writes: Y> linking the two machines. I can successfully telnet from my windows Y> machine to my Debian machine but i can't ftp from my windows machine to Y> my Debian machine? Why is this? Have you ever installed FTP daemon program? Susumu Takuwa
Re: Ethernet
>>>>> On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 15:12:07 +0100 (CET) Ales Jerman writes: AJ> I installed Debian2.2 on 486 machine. I installed base system from AJ> floppies(11 floppies). The problem is that I can't ping other IP. I can AJ> ping only my IP(IP of this machine) but not others. What am I doing wrong? AJ> route shows IP of gateway, ifconfig shows my IP. But anyway it doesn't AJ> work! Maybe, you use incorrect type of LAN cable. We use straight cable with hub and cross cable at connecting machines directly. Well, you can check the state of network by using tcpdump. # /usr/sbin/tcpdump -i eth0 Susumu Takuwa
Re: Where are the iso images for woody?
>>>>> On Sat, 17 Feb 2001 10:21:03 -0300 (ART) mgriffa writes: m> I guess the subject is clear enougth, does woody come with XFree4.0 and m> kde2? see, http://cdimage.debian.org > If you are interested, there are some unofficial CD ima > ges of "woody" (the current Debian development version, > to be released as 2.3 or maybe 3.0 in due time) for > linux-i386 binary and of "sid" (the even more unstable > development version) for hurd-i386 binary (new/2/3). > Also available there is an unofficial "potato" > linux-i386 "extra" CD with security updates, non-free, > KDE, KDE2, Helix Gnome and some other programs. You might install woody by upgrading potato as well. Susumu Takuwa
Re: 教えてください
>>>>> On Mon, 19 Feb 2001 21:21:37 +0900 謝 聞全(W.Q.Xie) writes: 謝> 当社のメールシステムはDebian GNU/Linuxを使っています。現在、smtpで送信 謝> するときにユーザーに対してIDとPasswordの検証をかけたいのですが、方法を教えて 謝> いただきたいと思います。 謝> よろしくお願いいたします。 ここは英語が主体のlistですので、日本語で質問しても恐ら く回答を得られません。debianに関して日本語で議論できる listがありますので、そちらを利用されてはどうでしょうか。 In this list, we have discussion about debian in English. So, I suggest you subscribing some debian-jp list for discussing in Japanese. http://www.debian.or.jp/MailingList.html Susumu Takuwa
Re: resizing /
>>>>> On Sun, 11 Mar 2001 02:38:24 +0100 Sven Burgener writes: SB> is there any way to resize the slash partition without physically 'moving' SB> the hard disk into a different computer? I suggest GNU Parted for doing it. http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/USER > 1.5 GNU Parted boot disks > -- > If you want run Parted on a machine without GNU/Linux installed, or you > want to resize a root or boot partition, you will need to use a boot disk. Susumu Takuwa
Re: question on Debian Official CD image
>>>>> On Sun, 11 Mar 2001 08:35:55 -0500 WONG YEUNG YAN writes: WYY> I want to make Debian 2.2r2 i386 Official CD and I've download WYY> binary-i386-1_NONUS.iso and the md5sum is correct. First, at where have you got the ISO file? http://cdimage.debian.org/ WYY> But I found that a lots of packages/files in this CD are actually WYY> files which are zero-sized, and of course the md5sum of these WYY> files do not match with the md5sum list on the CD. If you see some symlink of package on windows, you will get that information. Please tell me a package name that md5sum is incorrect, of course with full path. WYY> I've checked the corresponding packages on the debian ftp server, WYY> and it seems that the ftp server reports incorrect size also. WYY> One example is automake_1.4-8.deb: WYY> WYY> ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-i386/devel/ WYY> WYY> The server 'says' that the size is 41 but it is actually 275k. Why? Because automake_1.4-8.deb that you saw in the directory was symlink in other directory. Such as, lftp> ls -l automake_1.4-8.deb lrwxrwxrwx 1 debian debian 41 Feb 16 18:50 automake_1.4-8.deb -> ../../binary-all/devel/automake_1.4-8.deb lftp> cd ../../binary-all/devel/ lftp> ls -l automake_1.4-8.deb -rw-rw-r-- 1 debian debian 282184 Mar 13 2000 automake_1.4-8.deb Susumu Takuwa
Re: question on Debian Official CD image
>>>>> On Mon, 12 Mar 2001 11:49:57 -0600 (CST) WONG YEUNG YAN writes: WYY> Pls see below: On some Linux, $ md5sum --version md5sum (GNU textutils) 2.0e $ cd /mnt/cdrom/ $ md5sum -c md5sum.txt | grep automake ./dists/potato/main/binary-i386/devel/automake_1.4-8.deb: OK ./dists/potato/main/binary-all/devel/automake_1.4-8.deb: OK $ md5sum --version md5sum (GNU textutils) 1.22m $ md5sum -c md5sum.txt | grep automake ./dists/potato/main/binary-i386/devel/automake_1.4-8.deb: OK ./dists/potato/main/binary-all/devel/automake_1.4-8.deb: OK and on Windows 2000 pro. with Cygwin, $ md5sum.exe --version md5sum (GNU textutils) 1.22 $ md5sum.exe -c md5sum.txt | grep automake ./dists/potato/main/binary-i386/devel/automake_1.4-8.deb: FAILED ./dists/potato/main/binary-all/devel/automake_1.4-8.deb: FAILED $ /tmp/md5sum.exe --version md5sum (GNU textutils) 2.0 $ /tmp/md5sum.exe -c md5sum.txt | grep automake ./dists/potato/main/binary-i386/devel/automake_1.4-8.deb: FAILED ./dists/potato/main/binary-all/devel/automake_1.4-8.deb: FAILED According to that result, incorrect md5sum is Windows specific problem, although I don't know why. So, I suggest you to checksum on Linux or something another OS. ## Check the `-c' option of md5sum. Susumu Takuwa
Re: 2.4.x kernel on a current woody machine
>>>>> On Sat, 17 Mar 2001 08:34:59 -0700 ray p writes: rp> Is the current incarnation of Woody ready for the 2.4.x kernel? In other rp> words if I want to do this is there anything special I have to do or rp> should it just work? You don't have to do anything special. Susumu Takuwa
Fw: Re: 2.4.x kernel on a current woody machine
Forwarded by Susumu Takuwa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Original Message --- From:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date:17 Mar 2001 09:06:33 -0800 Subject: Re: 2.4.x kernel on a current woody machine Just go upgrade to woody or sid . Try sid , it's not bad On Sat, 17 March 2001, Susumu Takuwa wrote: > > >>>>> On Sat, 17 Mar 2001 08:34:59 -0700 > ray p writes: > > rp> Is the current incarnation of Woody ready for the 2.4.x kernel? In other > rp> words if I want to do this is there anything special I have to do or > rp> should it just work? > > You don't have to do anything special. > > > Susumu Takuwa > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Get your FREE personalized e-mail at http://www.canada.com - Original Message Ends
Re: Debian Home LAN
>>>>> On Sat, 17 Mar 2001 21:43:37 -0600 Ronald L. Chichester writes: RLC> I would prefer an NIS/NFS setup, but I'd be happy with just simple ftp. RLC> I've got the server set up with ftp, but haven't been able to get either RLC> of them talking to one another. (Each time I try to ping or ftp the RLC> other, it gives me a "host unreachable" error message). When you connect each other directly, you have to use cross cable. Straight cable is used at connecting machine through some HUB. RLC> Is there a resource out there specifically for a standalone LAN (static RLC> IP) or a PPP type LAN with example hosts, host.conf, resolv.conf, RLC> nsswitch.conf, etc. files so that I can emulate it? You might as well care DNS after connecting your Linux boxes. Susumu Takuwa
Re: recommend a secure shell client for Windows
+ On Thu, 30 Nov 2000 05:27:24 -0500 + Subject recommend a secure shell client for Windows Harry Henry Gebel writes: |A friend of mine wants me to set up an account for him on our server, and |since I do not allow telnet logins he needs a Windows SSH client. I checked |around and there are quite a number of them out there, can anybody |recommend which is the best? I do not have a Windows machine to test them I use Tera Term with TTSSH. And someone recommend PortForwarder for port forwarding. o Tera Term(http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002416/teraterm.html) o TTSSH(http://www.zip.com.au/%7Eroca/ttssh.html) o PortForwarder(http://portforwarder.nttsoft.net/index.shtml) Susumu Takuwa -
Re: a dpkg for windows?
>>>>> On Mon, 1 Jan 2001 00:48:29 +0200 Dan Pomohaci writes: DP> I saw that in cygwin there is a rpm. Is something similar for dpkg? DP> Let's say I want to use the same packaging system (Debian of course DP> :-) in Linux and Windows. It is possible? see following URL, http://www.jimpick.com/pub/debian/cygwin/ Susumu Takuwa ---
Re: LILO 0x40 ERROR when trying to multiboot freebsd and linux
>>>>> On Wed, 3 Jan 2001 14:50:47 -0500 (EST) Walter Tautz writes: WT> NOTE: I can run linux with NO difficulty. I just can't get freebsd WT> to boot...maybe someone is trying to tell me something ;-) I suggest your using GNU GRUB. Maybe you can solve the problem. http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/ regards, Susumu Takuwa
Re: Grub vs LILO
>>>>> On 13 Jan 2001 10:38:54 +1100 Brian May writes: BM> I didn't think Windows could boot from a slave drive? Yes. But i can boot Windows 98 by using GRUB with `map' command. GRUB's info says following, > DOS/Windows > --- > >GRUB cannot boot DOS or Windows directly, so you must chain-load them > (*note Chain-loading::). However, their boot loaders have some critical > deficiencies, so it may not work to just chain-load them. To overcome > the problems, GRUB provides you with two helper functions. > >If you have installed DOS (or Windows) on a non-first hard disk, you > have to use the disk swapping technique, because that OS cannot boot > from any disks but the first one. The workaround used in GRUB is the > command `map' (*note Commands::), like this: > > grub> map (hd0) (hd1) > grub> map (hd1) (hd0) > >This performs a "virtual" swap between your first and second hard > drive. > >*Caution:* This is effective only if DOS (or Windows) uses BIOS to > access the swapped disks. If that OS uses a special driver for the > disks, this probably won't work. regards, Susumu Takuwa
Re: Grub vs LILO
>>>>> On Sat, 13 Jan 2001 15:32:58 +0100 Romain Lerallut writes: RL> Just FYI you can also swap disks with LILO. RL> (I've not often seen it mentioned so I guess I'll say it aloud here) Oh, i have known that for the first time. I will read the document that you introduced to me. very thanks, Susumu Takuwa
Buffer cache
I have question about Buffer cache and command `free'. On my debian 2.2 with linux kernel 2.2.17, i get the memory information using command `free'. $ free total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem: 46076 45024 1052 6836 4944 18740 -/+ buffers/cache: 21340 24736 Swap:98748 3952 94796 Well, i understand Buffer cache existing between Block device and Filesystem(ex:ext2 filesystem). - | Filesystem | - | Buffer cache | - | Block device | - And, i understand following: [1]The sum of `buffers' and `cache' under command `free' is the amount of Buffer cache area. [2]In Buffer cache area, `buffers' is no data cached space and `cache' is the data cached space. My understanding is correct? regards, Susumu Takuwa
Re: max RAM in linux?
>>>>> On Sat, 3 Feb 2001 21:56:03 -0500 Michael P. Soulier writes: MPS> Hey people. At work we're looking at dropping 2 Gig of RAM into a few MPS> Linux boxes, and I wanted to check to see what Linux's maximum addressable RAM MPS> size is. http://kt.linuxcare.com/kernel-traffic/kt20010119_103_print.epl#2 Susumu Takuwa
Re: Strange Message
>>>>> On Fri, 9 Feb 2001 10:58:35 +0100 Hans Marcus Kruger writes: HMK> Thats the strange message: HMK> DEBUG: --Relation pg_tables-- Probably, pg is PostgreSQL. If you don't use it, you might stop PostgreSQL daemon. # /etc/init.d/postgresql stop Susumu Takuwa
Re: how do i configure network settings?
>>>>> On Sat, 10 Feb 2001 21:55:35 -0500 BizarroBum writes: B> the problem is i still can't get on the net because i B> didn't configure networking during install... so what B> program can i run to configure networking? and how do B> i configure the network when the network gives my B> dynamic ips? I run woody with kernel 2.4.1, using DHCP. My configuration file of network interface is following. --- begin --- $ cat /etc/network/interfaces # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8) # The loopback interface # automatically added when upgrading auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian installation # automatically added when upgrading auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp --- end --- When you edit your configuration file, you should restart your network. $ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart Susumu Takuwa
Re: Newbie! Need help w/display config
>>>>> On Sun, 11 Feb 2001 00:06:18 -0500 (EST) matthew johnson writes: mj> My brother and I are newbies! We have installed Redhat 6.0 on his Compaq This is Debian GNU/Linux User's list;) mj> Presario. When we boot, and GNOME starts, the desktop is HUGE! We must've mj> configured the display modules wrong. He has a Compaq 700T monitor, and mj> an NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 graphics card, with 8+M. We can barely move around mj> the desktop since only a fraction is shown at one time. Please help us... You can configure X by using Red Hat configuration tool. $ su - # Xconfiguration Susumu Takuwa
Fw: RE: Newbie! Need help w/display config
Forwarded by Susumu Takuwa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Original Message --- From:johnso61 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Susumu Takuwa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date:Sun, 11 Feb 2001 01:39:19 -0500 Subject: RE: Newbie! Need help w/display config >You can configure X by using Red Hat configuration tool. > >$ su - > ># Xconfiguration > > > Susumu Takuwa We've used Xconfigurator but can not figure out which setting swill make this work. If anyone know what selections to chose when configuring W for NVIDIA TNT2, 16M, and a Compaq 700T monitor (I think the monitor may be the problem), please let us know. Thanks in advance. -Matthew- - Original Message Ends
Re:
>>>>> On Sun, 11 Feb 2001 12:27:00 +0100 Gary Jones writes: GJ> Nothing of interest, how unusual. Did anyone hear anything back from GJ> the domain, or are we to take this to MAPS and get the sewer plugged? I requested the person of the domain not to reply for debian-user list. Since some wicked man has subscribed debian-user list to their e-mail address, they were very confused. And they don't understand English, they regard this list's mail as spam. So I requested them in Japanese. Susumu Takuwa
Re:
>>>>> On Sun, 11 Feb 2001 22:58:27 +0530 USM Bish writes: UB> How difficult is it to explain to the folk UB> at unix,inc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> the real UB> procedure to unsubscribe to this list ? I suggested them to unsubscribe this list by using web form(http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/unsubscribe). But, if the wicked man used forwarding e-mail service, it was so difficult for them to unsubscribe. For example, the wicked man have e-mail address used for current, and have address for forwarding only. When he subscribed this list to address , he passed confirmation by receiving confirmation e-mail at address . After him subscribing, he changed destination from to and there was nothing that they(unix,inc) could do. UB> That will sort out their problems, as well UB> as ours. I am still receiving mail from UB> them. OK, I will try explaining to them again. Susumu Takuwa
Re:
>>>>> On Sun, 11 Feb 2001 17:35:02 -0700 (MST) Jason Gunthorpe writes: JG> All we need is the *full headers* from the message. Our server uses VERP, JG> the address he is subscribed with is sent to him in the envelope sender. I just have told them send me headers. Susumu Takuwa
Re: new kernel
>>>>> On Wed, 01 Aug 2001 12:13:31 +0200 Markus Hansen writes: MH> first i want to use a new kernel, for example 2.2.19 ok "new"... MH> or 2.4.x I recommend bunk's packages. I installed his packages to my potato box and have had no problem. You can install 2.4 kernel by reading his docs. http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/kernel-24.html MH> and second i want to create another partition before the normal MH> partitition, now named sda1 MH> because then i can easier boot because it is inside the first 100mbytes MH> of the disk. Do you want to create another partition as sda1 and make sda1 shift to sda2 ? Susumu Takuwa
Re: Upgrade advantage in Debian vrs. RedHat
>>>>> On Tue, 27 Mar 2001 15:22:14 Darryl Rvthering writes: DR> Can someone explain the advantage many see in Debian upgrades vrs. RedHat? DR> To take a concrete example, lets say I planned to start upgrading my home DR> throwaway box (where I put up slink a few years back). FYI, Vine Linux that is Japanese RHL variant distro have installed apt in current version 2.1.5. http://www.vinelinux.org/index-en.html Hmm, their English page have not been modified for long time. Check the following FTP site, if you are interested in. ftp://ftp.kddlabs.co.jp/Linux/packages/Vine ftp://ftp.kddlabs.co.jp/Linux/packages/Vine/Vine-2.1.5/SRPMS/SRPMS/apt-0.3.19.cnc.27-6vl15.src.rpm Susumu Takuwa
Re: DHCP Server Config Question
>>>>> On Tue, 10 Apr 2001 14:16:39 -0500 Dave Bacon writes: DB> I must be very close, but may be missing a small piece of the puzzle. DB> Can anyone help? Can you get information from `/var/log/daemon.log' and something? Susumu Takuwa
Re: kernel 2.2.17 -> 2.2.19
>>>>> On Tue, 11 Sep 2001 07:15:48 +0200 (CEST) Maciej Bobrowski writes: MB> Can I simply upgrade my kernel image to 2.2.19 by dpkg program ??. I mean: MB> dpkg -i kernel-image-2.2.19_2.2.19-2.deb ?? MB> MB> Or I can use apt-get install kernel-image-2.2.19 or something like that MB> after apt-get update and adding one mirror with the kernel image v. 2.2.19 MB> ?? In that case, $ apt-get update $ apt-cache search --names-only kernel-image-2.2 kernel-image-2.2.17 - Linux kernel binary image for version 2.2.17. kernel-image-2.2.19 - Linux kernel binary image for version 2.2.19. kernel-image-2.2.17-compact - Linux kernel binary image. (snip) You can find out kernel-2.2.19 packages when you search them by apt-cache. You can install/upgrade kernel like this, $ apt-get install kernel-image-2.2.19 Susumu Takuwa
Re: Lilo and Win2k
>>>>> On Sat, 2 Jun 2001 15:02:41 -0500 (CDT) John Hughes writes: JH> I am trying to get my dualboot machine to work properly. using Lilo, i can boot linux, which occupies JH> /dev/hda JH> JH> When i tried to get it to boot Win2k, which occupies /dev/hdb, it came up with something about NTDLTR JH> or something like that. How can i get it to boot win2k? GRUB boot loader support booting Windows on not /dev/hda. When you setup GRUB on your Linux or create GRUB boot floppy, you can boot Windows by using `map' command. ie) When you execute following, map (hd0) (hd1) map (hd1) (hd0) you exchange /dev/hda and /dev/hdb virtually. GRUB:http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/ When we discussed the same article, Romain Lerallut insisted that LILO also supported that feature. >>>>> On Sat, 13 Jan 2001 15:32:58 +0100 Romain Lerallut writes: RL> Just FYI you can also swap disks with LILO. RL> (I've not often seen it mentioned so I guess I'll say it aloud here) RL> RL> RL> Apart from the syntax that was a bit more evoluted than GRUB's it is RL> exactly the same. RL> It's something like this: RL> RL> map-drive = 0x80 # Logically swap the drives so that when RL> they RL> to = 0x81 # are accessed via the BIOS, the second RL> drive RL> map-drive = 0x81 # will appear as the first and the RL> first as RL> to = 0x80 # the second. RL> RL> RL> (from http://www.wwnet.net/~stevelim/booting.html) RL> RL> LILO's not dead (yet) :-) RL> RL> Romain Susumu Takuwa